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Notes from Youtube video Back from MAX w Aaron Nace tips for picking photos to use main image should be a darker subject with bright background second image should be brighter subject on darker background and should tell a story about the main subject open images in ps with secondary image layer above main image layer reduce opacity of secondary image layer and place and size where you want bring opacity back up move secondary image layer below main image layer change blending mode of main image to screen which will only let lighter areas show thru add layer mask to secondary image layer using black soft round brush paint on mask to erase areas you don't want

This is notes based on You Tube video by BeeJayDel eyes start out as round circle split horizontal and vertical and that is the center of the eye             when you change the position of the head, the eyes move along with it example - when you draw a 3/4 perspective for the head, the eye will follow same curves as the head and same as the head, everything on the farther side is smaller because it is farther away the center line will represent where the eye is looking where the eye gazes, the center line changes as well Female more realistic eye the shape of the eye is determined by the eyelids human eye is more almond shaped the top line is heavier line weight, starting light and going heavier add some eyelashes bring the bottom line around, it is lighter line weight than top add pupil and highlights and iris add eyelid, it follow circle, showing where the eye sits in the head in females, keep lines under eye limited, the mo...

Notes from You Tube video by Piximperfect before and after   use color range to select bright areas choose highlights in drop down menu decrease fuzziness all the way selection preview to black matte adj range till highlights selected increase fuzziness to make transitions smoother Cmd+J to put highlights on new layer convert highlight layer to smart object filter - blur - radial blur zoom to 100% and put center to where the sun would be shining from cmd+J to duplicate 4 or 5 times to increase intensity to add some blur - select all highlight layers and convert to smart object filter - blur gallery - field blur add point in middle of light source and set blur to 0 add a couple points on the outer edges of lights and set to 15 or so change the blend mode of highlights layer to screen create mask on highlight layer and with soft large black low flow brush paint where you want to decrease effect to add some color to light rays add solid color adj layer and cho...

from You Tube video PTC - How to Create Light Beams before and after       start with brush tool and color set to white create new layer paint with white in area where you want sun to be shining through behind the clouds change blend mode to linear dodge add double click on layer to use layer styles in blending modes under blend if option and underlying layer sliders drag the shadows slider to the right, hold option to split arrow and fine tune to blend edges more can move the light source if needed the edges are still too sharp, so with soft larger brush paint over a larger area, then can scale it down using ctl+T to transform and sft+opt to transform from all sides and scale it down and distort if needed adjust the sliders in layers style again if needed now you have the sun peeking out from behind the clouds to make the rays create new layer with brush tool, open brushes panel, increase size jitter, scattering and spacing and hardness all the way up ...

Female start with a circle divide in half horizontally and vertically like the front view of face divide the bottom half in half divide the bottom quarter in half again and drag this line out to the right then draw a line from bottom of circle out to the right add eye on the eye line close to the right side of circle add ear on left side of circle, centers around eye line, coming down close to bottom of circle from the front of the ear, bring down the jaw line down and back up in front of the face draw in the shape of the nose, triangle pyramid shape bridge of the nose follows along forehead line, as it gets to the eye line, it starts to curve out and around to get to the top of the nose usually does a triangle shape for the eye the angle of the top is less than the angle of the bottom of the eye curve to connect them add creases for eyelids, following the circle, the top crease is a little more angled add eyebrow add eyelashes if female, might want to...

start with basic circle shape divide in half vertically with curved line think of as a 3 dimensional sphere and divide in half with curved line follow the shape of the circle the quadrants closer to you are larger than the quadrants farther away so as you draw, the features farther away are smaller draw a line dividing the bottom half the same as above the middle line is the brow line and the line below is the eye line then draw an oblong ellipse shape to represent where you head is flat on the closer side center the closer eye between ellipse and center line and with eye line in middle and draw the farther eye which will be smaller the underlying skeletal features the farther eye will be obscured by the nose a little you don't have to follow circle perfectly, they are just guidelines add the brows, females are not as thick as males add nose if you divide the farther eye in half with a curved line, middle of the nose will be near this line the botto...

start w circle divide in half vertical and divide in half horizontal divide bottom half in half again top line vertically is brow line bottom line vertically is eye line circle eyes in middle of eye line about one eye in between in general add brows along brow line fill in eyes w pupil and iris add eyelids this is the underlying features of the skull bottom of circle is nose line nose is pyramid/triangle jaw line and chin will define your character babies, women, men, size etc. pull down from sides and pull around to chin rule of 3s for the head ears start at eye line and come down to about the bottom of the nose add neck the skinnier the neck, the younger the character split between the nose line and the chin is the mouth line if you start at center of bridge of nose and draw lines down past sides of nose will determine how big the mouth is the mouth can be very expressive to show emotion with cartooning you can change perspecti...